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Head Start, preschool and early-childhood priorities remain core of OCA budget despite cuts
Summary
OCA outlined how federal Head Start funding, Denver Preschool Program partnerships and new data tools will guide funding for early childhood and how the office plans to sustain enrollment and quality checks amid reductions elsewhere in the budget.
Denver (Consolidated County and City) — At a Health & Safety Committee hearing, the Office of Children's Affairs described how Head Start and preschool partnerships form the backbone of its early childhood work and how the office will use a child well-being index and quality measures to target supports.
Laurie Medina, assistant Head Start director for Denver Great Kids Head Start, and Mary Pat McNeil, family services director, joined OCA Executive Director Jess Ridgeway to describe Head Start operations and outcomes. Ridgeway said the city’s Head Start grantee receives a federal grant of $14,400,000 this year and that the grant…
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